The Benedictine Commando
by McConnell, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Evesham, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
UK: Hamish Hamilton, 1981. 2nd imp. Clean blue bds with gilt title to spine. bump to spine ends and corners. spine cocked. front board slightly bowing. Interior very good and clean. Price clipped dustjacket with rubbing to some edges, crease and 13 mm tear to top front jacket edge and 1 cm tear to top back jacket corner. . Hard Cover. Good +/Good +. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harry Righton (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016200
- Title
- The Benedictine Commando
- Author
- McConnell, James
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1981
Terms of Sale
Harry Righton
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About the Seller
Harry Righton
Biblio member since 2003
Evesham, Worcestershire
About Harry Righton
Diana Righton has been an established family business for the past thirty years (James Place Books for the first 18 years). We have a large stock in the region of 100,000 books, of which only 9,000 are on the net. Please feel free to ask if you have any wants.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...